Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111012
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 14:50
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 1155, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 228 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 445 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 99 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.2 81% 101 fps	MRender 96.3 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 99.4 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 4 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 27384 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1491 (B1) Unknown 81 81 220 (B3) Unknown 99 99 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 49 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 362 (F1) Unknown 99 99 44512013154	59.6% Above average	Read 262 Write 180 Mixed 183 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 20.8 117% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 41.4 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 18.7 34% 65 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 108%
Seagate ST750LM022 HN-M750MBB 750GB 31,958 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 236GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 89 3460 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15060 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23667 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 98 98 2139 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2011 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 11347 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 46 231929282588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 265 (DF) Load/unload retry count 98 98 2139 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 419823	38.2% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 67.1 Mixed 86.4 56% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.16 61% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 57%
WD WD3200AVVS-63L2B0 320GB 8,287 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 69GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 153 3258 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12672 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 48041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2275 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 431 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12672 (C2) HDA temperature 113 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	28.9% Poor	Read 52 Write 48.5 Mixed 45.7 37% 48.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.28 75% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.4 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 65%

Take a copy of your results

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical GA-Z68X-UD4-B3 Builds (Compare 253 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 37%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z68X-UD4-B3

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	121x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	49x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	44x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	20x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	15x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	12x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	10x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	92x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	42x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	31x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16